Four North Texans have been found in Cancun, Mexico and arrested after they tried to flee from charges of conspiracy to commit cybercrime. They took the decision to flee from the United States after being indicted to appear in front of a Dallas federal grand jury.
They were part of a nineteen strong group who were charged with conspiracy to commit fraud in a huge cybercrime ring. This had been going on from March 2003 right up to July 2009 according to US attorney Mr. James Jacks. There were allegations made by certain telecom companies that a Mr. Michael Faulkner and companies on his server had not been paying for web hosting services and for voice over internet protocol services. They were also accused of using fake identification in order to get some goods and services.
Fake companies which were created to hide the true identity of the owners would enable them to obtain things such as computer racks, office space and generators.
In order to avoid prosecution Mr. Faulkner and his wife fled the United States. There are reports that the couple were the ringleaders in this scam. But they were found in Mexico with two others from the group, a Mr. William Watts and a Mr. Jason Watts.
Other charges that Mr. Faulkner will now face alongside charges of conspiracy to commit cybercrime are obstructing justice, threatening a witness, destroying evidence and hiding assets. He will also be facing a charge of falsely registering a domain name.
If he is convicted of these crimes he could be left facing huge consequences. The conspiracy charge alone holds a maximum fine of $1 million and a prison sentence of up to thirty years. He could face up to a maximum of twenty years in prison for the obstruction charges with a monetary fine of $250,000. And there could be a further seven years in prison if convicted of registering a domain name falsely with a felony.
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